This article examines transition in Kocaeli, an industrial city in the north-western part of Turk... more This article examines transition in Kocaeli, an industrial city in the north-western part of Turkey, away from left-wing politics and trade unionism in the early 1970s, and toward Islamic politics from the mid-1990s onwards. It does do by investigating the ideological, political, and social transformation of the working class. Based on fieldwork involving in-depth, semistructured interviews conducted with current and former workers and trade union leaders, the article analyzes the various aspects of, and limits to, the hegemonic relationships between workers and left-wing politics on the one hand, and with Islamic politics, on the other.
This article explores the genesis of Indonesian political Islam and its interactions with the nat... more This article explores the genesis of Indonesian political Islam and its interactions with the nationalist secular state in the immediate post-colonial era while examining some of the origins of the ‘radical’ stream that has garnered much attention in the current post-authoritarian period. It puts forward the idea that, rather than an outcome of Indonesian democratisation, this stream was in fact the product of authoritarian New Order rule. The article also considers some parallels in the trajectories of political Islam more generally in Indonesia, the Middle East and North Africa, especially as a kind of populist response to the tensions and contradictions of global capitalism. It addresses the city of Surakarta (Solo) as a case study and highlights the importance of Cold War politics in moulding political Islam in Indonesia and elsewhere. The approach emphasises historical and sociological factors shaping political Islam that have tended to be relegated to the background in prevale...
TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia
The article examines the idea of a ‘floating’ ummah in Indonesia today that affects the workings ... more The article examines the idea of a ‘floating’ ummah in Indonesia today that affects the workings of Indonesian Islamic politics and democracy itself. It is asserted that the ummah, or community of believers, are more disconnected from the large mainstream Islamic organisational vehicles in Indonesia than is often claimed. A considerable cross-section of this community has become increasingly disaffected with the status quo, as social inequalities sharpen and educated youths who face uncertain futures find appeal in the tough rhetoric of fringe Islamic organisations. This rhetoric emphasises absolute standards of morality as a solution to social and economic predicaments, thereby resulting in the mainstreaming of rigid religious attitudes. Consequently, organisations seen as guardians of ‘religious moderation’ have also picked up on them in an attempt to remain relevant to their increasingly socially heterogeneous constituencies. The overall result is an Islamic politics that has bec...
Populist politics have become more prominent in Indonesia. On the one hand, this is indicated by ... more Populist politics have become more prominent in Indonesia. On the one hand, this is indicated by the presidential elections of 2014, when two rival candidates brandished somewhat different nationalist populist ideas. On the other hand, historically rooted secular nationalist and Islamic-oriented forms of populism have become entangled within elite conflicts. The context is discontent about perceived systemic injustices unaddressed in nearly two decades of decentralised democracy after a prior three decades of centralised authoritarian rule. In the absence of liberal and Leftist challenges to the entrenched oligarchy, politics is becoming characterised by competition between different populisms. But rather than being transformative, these populisms are harnessed to the maintenance of oligarchic domination.
... The article also suggests that history‐writing anywhere is nothing less than the politics ofr... more ... The article also suggests that history‐writing anywhere is nothing less than the politics ofremembering (and forgetting). ... The current inability of Indonesian society and its elites to acknowledge and confront the reality of the horrors of the 1960s might prove to be a major ...
... 91 Aris Ananta 5. Between Apologia and Critical Discourse: Agrarian Transitions and Scholarly... more ... 91 Aris Ananta 5. Between Apologia and Critical Discourse: Agrarian Transitions and Scholarly Engagement in Indonesia..... ... On the other, power relations may, under certain conditions, elicit resistance. ...
... show how these theoretical debates on democracy/democratisation and authoritarianism have int... more ... show how these theoretical debates on democracy/democratisation and authoritarianism have intertwined ... USA weakens, rather than strengthens, the forces of democratic liberalism in Indonesian ... Thaksin, the Thai premier and telecom tycoon, had earlier gained much political ...
1 Indonesia Keadaan Ekonomi Pasca Soeharto 2 Indonesia Politik Dan Pemerintahan Dinamika Kekuasaan Ekonomi Politik Indonesia Pasca Soeharto Oleh Vedi R Hadiz Editor Rahadi T Wiratama, 2005
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 00472336 2013 832790, Nov 26, 2013
ABSTRACT A new form of Islamic populism has evolved in many parts of the Muslim world. Its emerge... more ABSTRACT A new form of Islamic populism has evolved in many parts of the Muslim world. Its emergence is part of the more universal phenomenon of populist responses to the contradictions of globalised capitalism. It is also a consequence of the outcomes of Cold War-era social conflicts and of social-structural transformations in Muslim societies over the last half-century. Specifically, it articulates the rising ambitions and growing frustrations of urban middle classes across the Muslim world, the anxieties of growing urban poor populations and relatively peripheralised sections of the bourgeoisie. Thus representing cross-class coalitions, the New Islamic Populism aims to provide access to power and tangible resources to an ummah conceived to be both downtrodden and homogeneous, though in actuality, increasingly differentiated. This is demonstrated through a discussion of Indonesia, Egypt and Turkey. The article is intended to provide an alternative to analyses that have tended to dominate discussions of Islamic politics over the last decade. These include analyses that emphasise radical ideas transmitted by shadowy transnational networks that threaten the global secular order and those that posit a strong relationship between political moderation and democratic practice but tend to overlook the structural underpinnings of Islamic politics.
Hadiz V R Democracy and Money Politics the Case of Indonesia in Robison R Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Politics Routledge Taylor Francis Group London England Pp 71 82, 2012
4 Changing state-labour relations in Indonesia and Malaysia and the 1997 crisis Vedi R. Hadiz Int... more 4 Changing state-labour relations in Indonesia and Malaysia and the 1997 crisis Vedi R. Hadiz Introduction This chapter primarily assesses state and labour relations in Indonesia, and the pressure being exerted upon the framework that has governed them since the fall of ...
1 This thesis is most comprehensively set out in Richard Robison and Vedi R. Hadiz, Reorganising ... more 1 This thesis is most comprehensively set out in Richard Robison and Vedi R. Hadiz, Reorganising Power in Indonesia: The Politics of Oligarchy in an Age of Markets (London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2004). Given that this paper is a development of that thesis, and its defense in the current debate, the arguments in the book are necessarily referred to and repeated.
This article examines transition in Kocaeli, an industrial city in the north-western part of Turk... more This article examines transition in Kocaeli, an industrial city in the north-western part of Turkey, away from left-wing politics and trade unionism in the early 1970s, and toward Islamic politics from the mid-1990s onwards. It does do by investigating the ideological, political, and social transformation of the working class. Based on fieldwork involving in-depth, semistructured interviews conducted with current and former workers and trade union leaders, the article analyzes the various aspects of, and limits to, the hegemonic relationships between workers and left-wing politics on the one hand, and with Islamic politics, on the other.
This article explores the genesis of Indonesian political Islam and its interactions with the nat... more This article explores the genesis of Indonesian political Islam and its interactions with the nationalist secular state in the immediate post-colonial era while examining some of the origins of the ‘radical’ stream that has garnered much attention in the current post-authoritarian period. It puts forward the idea that, rather than an outcome of Indonesian democratisation, this stream was in fact the product of authoritarian New Order rule. The article also considers some parallels in the trajectories of political Islam more generally in Indonesia, the Middle East and North Africa, especially as a kind of populist response to the tensions and contradictions of global capitalism. It addresses the city of Surakarta (Solo) as a case study and highlights the importance of Cold War politics in moulding political Islam in Indonesia and elsewhere. The approach emphasises historical and sociological factors shaping political Islam that have tended to be relegated to the background in prevale...
TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia
The article examines the idea of a ‘floating’ ummah in Indonesia today that affects the workings ... more The article examines the idea of a ‘floating’ ummah in Indonesia today that affects the workings of Indonesian Islamic politics and democracy itself. It is asserted that the ummah, or community of believers, are more disconnected from the large mainstream Islamic organisational vehicles in Indonesia than is often claimed. A considerable cross-section of this community has become increasingly disaffected with the status quo, as social inequalities sharpen and educated youths who face uncertain futures find appeal in the tough rhetoric of fringe Islamic organisations. This rhetoric emphasises absolute standards of morality as a solution to social and economic predicaments, thereby resulting in the mainstreaming of rigid religious attitudes. Consequently, organisations seen as guardians of ‘religious moderation’ have also picked up on them in an attempt to remain relevant to their increasingly socially heterogeneous constituencies. The overall result is an Islamic politics that has bec...
Populist politics have become more prominent in Indonesia. On the one hand, this is indicated by ... more Populist politics have become more prominent in Indonesia. On the one hand, this is indicated by the presidential elections of 2014, when two rival candidates brandished somewhat different nationalist populist ideas. On the other hand, historically rooted secular nationalist and Islamic-oriented forms of populism have become entangled within elite conflicts. The context is discontent about perceived systemic injustices unaddressed in nearly two decades of decentralised democracy after a prior three decades of centralised authoritarian rule. In the absence of liberal and Leftist challenges to the entrenched oligarchy, politics is becoming characterised by competition between different populisms. But rather than being transformative, these populisms are harnessed to the maintenance of oligarchic domination.
... The article also suggests that history‐writing anywhere is nothing less than the politics ofr... more ... The article also suggests that history‐writing anywhere is nothing less than the politics ofremembering (and forgetting). ... The current inability of Indonesian society and its elites to acknowledge and confront the reality of the horrors of the 1960s might prove to be a major ...
... 91 Aris Ananta 5. Between Apologia and Critical Discourse: Agrarian Transitions and Scholarly... more ... 91 Aris Ananta 5. Between Apologia and Critical Discourse: Agrarian Transitions and Scholarly Engagement in Indonesia..... ... On the other, power relations may, under certain conditions, elicit resistance. ...
... show how these theoretical debates on democracy/democratisation and authoritarianism have int... more ... show how these theoretical debates on democracy/democratisation and authoritarianism have intertwined ... USA weakens, rather than strengthens, the forces of democratic liberalism in Indonesian ... Thaksin, the Thai premier and telecom tycoon, had earlier gained much political ...
1 Indonesia Keadaan Ekonomi Pasca Soeharto 2 Indonesia Politik Dan Pemerintahan Dinamika Kekuasaan Ekonomi Politik Indonesia Pasca Soeharto Oleh Vedi R Hadiz Editor Rahadi T Wiratama, 2005
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 00472336 2013 832790, Nov 26, 2013
ABSTRACT A new form of Islamic populism has evolved in many parts of the Muslim world. Its emerge... more ABSTRACT A new form of Islamic populism has evolved in many parts of the Muslim world. Its emergence is part of the more universal phenomenon of populist responses to the contradictions of globalised capitalism. It is also a consequence of the outcomes of Cold War-era social conflicts and of social-structural transformations in Muslim societies over the last half-century. Specifically, it articulates the rising ambitions and growing frustrations of urban middle classes across the Muslim world, the anxieties of growing urban poor populations and relatively peripheralised sections of the bourgeoisie. Thus representing cross-class coalitions, the New Islamic Populism aims to provide access to power and tangible resources to an ummah conceived to be both downtrodden and homogeneous, though in actuality, increasingly differentiated. This is demonstrated through a discussion of Indonesia, Egypt and Turkey. The article is intended to provide an alternative to analyses that have tended to dominate discussions of Islamic politics over the last decade. These include analyses that emphasise radical ideas transmitted by shadowy transnational networks that threaten the global secular order and those that posit a strong relationship between political moderation and democratic practice but tend to overlook the structural underpinnings of Islamic politics.
Hadiz V R Democracy and Money Politics the Case of Indonesia in Robison R Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Politics Routledge Taylor Francis Group London England Pp 71 82, 2012
4 Changing state-labour relations in Indonesia and Malaysia and the 1997 crisis Vedi R. Hadiz Int... more 4 Changing state-labour relations in Indonesia and Malaysia and the 1997 crisis Vedi R. Hadiz Introduction This chapter primarily assesses state and labour relations in Indonesia, and the pressure being exerted upon the framework that has governed them since the fall of ...
1 This thesis is most comprehensively set out in Richard Robison and Vedi R. Hadiz, Reorganising ... more 1 This thesis is most comprehensively set out in Richard Robison and Vedi R. Hadiz, Reorganising Power in Indonesia: The Politics of Oligarchy in an Age of Markets (London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2004). Given that this paper is a development of that thesis, and its defense in the current debate, the arguments in the book are necessarily referred to and repeated.
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